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The Set Generated by an Element, and Cyclic Groups

The set generated by an element of a group is the set of its integer powers, and a group is cyclic if it is generated by one of its elements.

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In the setting of Routine Facts, Continued: Typed Arithmetic, Maps and Predicativity, let (G,⋅)(G,\cdot) be a group, and let hnh^{n}, for h∈Gh\in G and n∈Zn\in\mathbb{Z}, be the integer power.

The set generated by an element. For g∈Gg\in G, the set generated by gg is the set of its integer powers,

⟨g⟩={gn:n∈Z}\langle g\rangle=\{g^{n}:n\in\mathbb{Z}\}

(a set by Subclasses of Sets Are Sets, the Union and Power Set of a Set Exist Uniquely, Binary Unions of Sets Are Sets, and the Universal Class Is Proper (i)).

Cyclic groups. GG is cyclic if G=⟨g⟩G=\langle g\rangle for some g∈Gg\in G; such a gg is a generator of GG.

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